I'm re-reading The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. It's about a boy whose family is murdered when he's a toddler. He winds up in a graveyard where the ghost of his freshly departed mother begs the ghosts inhabiting the graveyard to keep him safe. So he's adopted by ghosts, educated by people who lived hundreds of years ago, learning such subjects as copperplate cursive and how to haunt, and protected and provided for by a vampiric figure.
Each chapter is episodic with its own satisfying resolution. The chapters tie together to make a clever, thoroughly enjoyable story. You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll be on the edge of your seat with suspense. I highly recommend it.
